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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-16

In divorce proceedings between a couple in
Newport high life" the wife charges that her
husband was "either drunk or intoxicated
every day, and explained the difference by say
ing that when he was intoxicated he would be
cross. and when he was drunk he would 60 to
sleep. According to this definition it is plainly
desirable from a domestic point of view that
when man drinks he should get drunk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-16

ANEW entertainment to be tried by Philadel-
pha ladies is "mens tea" Several gentlemen
will assist the hostess to receive, and as many
men will be among the guests as can be pre-
vailed upon to attend between the hours fixed
1t Is to be presumed that there will be no trouble
in securing attendance If the entertainers will
remember that many men take their sstea" with
water and sugar, "no cream. if you please" and
that they prefer It cold.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
A DAY OF FIRE.
CRESCENT CITY SCORCHED.
INCENDIARIES AT WORK AT ST
AUGUSTINE
The Business Part Of Crescent City Destroyed b,
the Flames The Gazette once
Burned Out.

The business portion of Crescent City.
our little neighbOr ON the lake. is in ruins
from a destructive fire which visited the
place on Friday night.
The fire originated i'm the oil room of
Pierce & Burton's store, just in rear of
the main building, and when discovered
between IL and IL O'Clock had So far all
vanced as To he beyond control i'm the
absence of fire apparatus. The flame,
spread with great rapidity soon envelop-
ing the store building of Pierce & Bur
ton, and destroying most of their stock
The old stand of Beach & Miller and
the store occupied by the firm was
also burned. including nearly the
entire stock. The saloon building and
contents belonging to Douglass x Sack
EFT. the Crescent City Gazette office and
w. c. Braddock's old stand were soon
enveIoped in the flames, the buildings
and nearly all their contents being to-
tally destroyed. DIR. Sprague's drug
store and stables, and the bakery i'm
front of Benham's place were also burned.
hC Ssiti al iIottis tht ou-Sftt oi
flee, caught and was burned down in a
very short time, the citizens having
time to save but very little of the furni-
ture.
We could not learn the origin nor the
total amount of the loss from the fire.
There was very little. if any, insurance
on the burned property, as we learn sev-
eral of the policies were cancelled only
a few days ago by the insurance com
panies carrying them.
This fire is a terrible blow to Crescent
City, as it has laid i'm ruins nearly the
entire business portion of the little city.
proving an utter loss to the owners of
the property. We extend our sincere
sympathy to our little sister city, and
commend to her the example set by Pa
latka when she met a similar misfor-
tune. The day of frame tinder boxes is
numbered, and if towns would escape
these great conhagrations they must
build substantially and permanently.
Crescent City has but met the fate in
store for all towns built of infiammable
pine.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
THE RIvER-ON FIRE.
OIL Leaking from = standard Oil Pipe
Burns Two New York Piers.

OIL Leaking from = standard Oil Pipe
Burns Two New York Piers.
NEW YORK. April 16.-Two freight
docks belonging to the New York Cen
tral Railroad at Sixty-seventh street and
Twelfth avenue, caught fire to-day at
1870 O'Clock. Three alarms and a
special call were sent out. The Stand
ard Oil Cos, pipe line crosses the North
River from New Jersey at this point.
The pipe has been leaking for some time
and oil floating in the water caught from
a spark from a passing tug and the
flames spread rapidly to the docks. The
freight dock known as Pier F and the one
used as a coal dock were burned. Pier +.
was used for west bound freight only and
is cleared off daily. This made the loss i'm
freight low. Later estimates place the
loss at 100000. Dock + alone was
valued at $4,000. The coal dock was
probably not worth over 3. 900 and the
burned freight 5000. Except several
damaged barges the entire loss falls on
the New York Central Railroad Com
pany. An excursion barge and several
coal barges were burned. Loss. $20.O0O.
The government freight warehouses and
the grain elevators of the Central Com
pany were in imminent danger but
the wind favored them and they were
saved
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
BAse Rail.

BALTIMORE, April 16.-The opening
game of the championship season of the
American Association to-day resulted as
follows:
Baltimores =, Athletics 3.
CINCINNATI. April 16.-Cincinnatis 16.
Clevelands q.
LOUISVILLE, April I6.-Louisville 8,
St. Louis 3.
BROOKLYN, April l6.-Brooklyn IA.
MetropOlitans 10.
INDIANAPOLIS, April l6.-Indianapolis
3, Cincinnati 4.
Jim Bates, n notorious desIerado, was
s.filled full of buckshot" by officers, who
found him in a den in the Chichowie
mountains, i'm Polk county. Tenn He
has killed ten men. they say.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
Healy's Suspension to he RescInded.

LONDON. April 16.-Conservative
Irish members of the House of Commons
and officers of the House met last night
after the adjournment of the House and
effected an understanding with the
Government to have the suspension of
Healy, rescinded on Monday next. Mr.
Healy spent a great deal of time in the
House of Commons Library, to-day.
searching for precedents covering his
case. He declares that the entire Irish
party are prepared to follow his exam
pie. Ten Liberal Unionists voted with
the Tories. last night, to suspend Mr.
Healey. Twenty-seven Gladstone Lib
erals voted with the Parnellites.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
The Rebellion In AfphauIstau AN.

BOMBAY, April l6.-Intelligence has
been received here that body of troops
of the Ameer of Afghanistan made a
night attack upon force of Ghilzai reb-
els and killed two hundred of them.
Several villages in the disturbed district
of Afghanistan have been destroyed by
fire. A number of other tribes than the
Ghilzais are joining in the rebellion
against the authority of the Ameer. IL
is reported that the Russians are moving
by slow stages toward Zulficar, which
place is about 40 miles northwest of
Herat.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
Races at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, April l6.-First race,
to-day, mile, Our Friend won; Gen.
Price, second; Wahoo- third: time,
1:l6i.
In the second race, mile, Kink won;
Pat Daley, second; PrObus, third; time,
l:3s4.
In the third race. l mile. Favor beat
Gov. Bate in 2:44.
In the fourth race, l mile, Mary won;
Phil Lee, second; Tsura, third. time,
las
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
The lNCENDlARY IN ST. AUGUSTINE
Lively Biare resterda, Morning at the Old
City Gates Eight Buildings Burned

At I'D O'Clock yesterday morning the
frame store building on the corner OF
st. George and Orange streets. just OPP
posite the old City Gates, i'm st. Angus
tine, was discovered To liz on fire. When
discovered the blaze was all under the
floor next to the ground. and the odor of
kerosene was SO strong that those pres
ent investigated and found that the
building had been thoroughly saturated
| with the oil, showing conclusiyely that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
This store building and three Others
AL Joining ON Orange street, belonged tn
Jasper Myers, and all of them were
burned to the ground. The store was oc-
cupied by Mr.. Myers, who lost his entire
stock and fixtures. A large building on
st. George street, owned by Manning
Masters. was next burned, from which
place the flames reached over and caught
the large building used for the Young
Ladies' Academy. Crossing the street to
the east side the old coquina building be-
longing to Bartola Olieeros was quickly
burned to the ground, from which place
the flames spread To a small store build
ing on Orange street, where they spent
their fury and We're got under control.
As i'm the recent big fire i'm st. Angus
tine, these buildings burned very rap
idly. and pretty much all their contents
were destroyed. The wind was blowing
very lightly from west to east. which
fact saved the blocks between the city
gates and the Plaza. The intervening
space between the burned buildings and
the Plaza. is thickly covered with frame
that direction there would have been a
great confagration, and hundreds of
people rendered homeless.
There was no water to be had in the
neighbOrhOOd of the fire. as the hose
could not reach from the nearest plug.
nor from the river. but the bucket brig
ade" formed by the citizens did splendid
work and saved considerable property.
In all eight buildings were burned, and
the entire loss is estimated at from Sl5,-
900 To 2O.O00, on which there was but
very little insurance.
That the fire was of incendiary origin.
our informant, who was one of the first
to reach the fire. does not have a doubt.
for Kerosene oil and other infammable
material had been freely used.
gentleman just from st. Augustine
informs us that there was considerable
robbery during the excitement of the
fire. Ladies who were frightened into
the street on account of the fire. were
jostled by crowds of negroes and roughs.
and valuables snatched from their hands.
The police succeeded in arrestIng quite a
number of negroes and locking them up
in Jail. The citizens We're very indig
nant, and it will not be very healthy for
those who are detected in similar out
RACES in that city,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
NH Storehoa.e. Burned.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April l6.-Two
old mills belonging to the Ludlow Man
ufacturing Company burned this morn
ing. They were built Of stone and were
about fifty years old. They were used
as storehOuses for jute, gunny and raw
materials for the main mills. The loss
is heavy, but is not stated in figures.
Insurance unknown.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April 16--Sta te
Senator j. c. McGinnis. of st. Louis.
filed a suit for libel in the Buchanan
Circuit Court to-day against the Gazette
Publishing Company. Damages are in
the sum of $25, 900. The letter of j. ID.
Starts. of ST. Louis, furnished ground
for suit
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
Gen. Law ton Minister to Austria.

WASHINGTON. April 16.-The Presi-
dent to-day appointed Alexander X.
Lawton, of Georgia, to be- Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to Austria Hungary, and Newman w.
Mcconnell. of Tennessee, to be Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Mon
tana Territory.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
Watching for Dynamiters.

LONDON, April 16.-The Government
has ordered the Customs officials To oh
serve a strict watch over all ships from
American or European ports with a
view to preventing the landing of dyna-
mitarS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
Probably An Ineendiary Fire.

ST. LOUIS. April 16.-A fire was dis
covered in Rudolph E. Stecclur's cooper
age this morning, at a:30 O'Clock, which
destroyed buildings valued at $l1- 900;
machinery worth $4,000. and material
supposed to have been incendiary, as the
building appeared To be on fire in several
places, and there had been no fire used
by the firm or employees in the burned
building. The proprietor has had much
trouble with some Of his employees on ac-
count Of the recent introduction Of labor
saving machinery.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
THE WEEKS WORK.
IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Legislation Under the ke~ Constitution In
portant Amendment okeeehobee
Drainage Matter Senatorial aad other
Matters.
Corre.,-n.ienee If the Palatka Ne,ns.

TALLAHASSEE FLA, April l5
Although but one bill has passed its
third reading in either house. the reg
ular work Of the session during its sec
ond week has progressed very satisfac-
torily. The committees are hard at
work during every interval between
open sessions, and the fact that the pres
ent body Is the most business-like in it,
methods and most distinguished for
superior Intelligence of amy representa-
tive body that has assembled in the State
for many years, is frequently commented
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30
a New Generation.

Gov. Ames, of Massachusetts, brought
out, in his Faneuil Hall speech before
the eX-COnfederate soldiers of Virginia,
an idea which the demagogues ignore
in their appeals to the old war spirit.
"We sometimes hear it said" re-
marked the Governor, "that there is a
new South. But that only half states
the situation. There is new n orth, too
there is a new American nation
grown up since the war. The entire
country in 1861, when The great civil
conflict began, had but thirty million
people. To-day it contains sixty mil
lion. There are two nations on our
soil to-day of the size of the nation of
1861, and they, thank God, are under
the same flag
This states an important political
fact in a concrete form. Thousands of
men will vote for President next year
who were not born until two years
after the great civil war ended. One
of the men who fought On the other
side said to Massachusetts,: If you get
into any trouble with your neighbor
across the border on the fishery ques-
ton, and shall need any help, the men
of Virginia will come and help you"
Another brave Confederate declared:
''There are no more loyal people any
where in this broad land to-day than the
people of Virginia"
The new nation will not respond to
the quarter-century-old war cries. Let
.he strife-stirring demagogues make a
note of that.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30
The Cattle Trade.

In an exceedingly clear and business
like article, the Chicago Drouer'S Jour
nal makes a strong presentation OF
some facts connected with the present
and future of the live stock business. In
telling why the rangemen of the North
west and Southwest have been suffer
ing from many severe trials the last
few years, it gives wise reasons. One
is badly overstocked ranges. Another
is heavy losses caused by great cold and
excessive drouth. Another is railway
and general labor strikes. Another is
a general industrial depression. An
other is ''quarantines by all the north
ern sections caused by the quack horse
and COW doctors styling themselves
veterinary surgeons" Another is
foreign market, weak, unsteady in de-
mand, and often glutted. In 1879 and
1880 single export buyers were shipping
from 1900 to 1000 cattle every week.
Now they only ship from 300 to 500
cattle and find no profit in the business.
The pleuro-pneumonia racket has been
the cause of all this. Another is an
enormous marketing of beef cattle.
Another is excessive railroad freights, |
and another is the operations of the |
Oleomargarine law.
In simplifying its eighth reason, the
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30

Because Gen. Sherman declines to
make fool of himself, after the man
ner of Gen. Tuttle, the Iowa State
Register, a blOody-shirt organ, denoun-
ces him, and charges him with having
deserted the old soldiers since he came
within the malign "Copperhead in
fluence" of New York. Dining with
millionaires is another of the Generals
pastimes supposed to be sapping his
loyal constitution. Perhaps the old
warrior is sorry now that he did not
get killed on the march from Atlanta
to the sea, just to insure the respect of
the blOOdy-shirt howlers. World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30

Was it a well planned conspiracy?
A Republican Adjutant-General pro-
poses to the President to return
the Confederate battle flags to
the South. Every gun is load
ed, conspirator stands with match in
hand, to fire at the chief magistrate as
soon as consent can be secured. The
President, withaut considering the
matter, gives oral consent, not intend
ing to issue the order till after investi-
CATION. At once every gun is fired,
and yell goes up all along the Repub-
licanl line,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30
Grant Township Sunday School Con-
vention.

Pursuant to announcement the
Grant Township Sunday School Con
vention convened in the NJ. E. Church
in Abilene, Sunday, June 26,at 4 pm.
with J. \. Graves, as president. In
the absence of the Secretary. M.
Nicholay, "a secretarypro tenn was elected.
After singing, ''Blest be the tie that
binds our hearts in christian love. y
prayer was offered by the Rev. Tim
norman, of the NJ. E. church.
a paper, Does it pay?" was then
read by j. II. Engle, superintendent
of the River Brethren Sunday school,
he said: 1--WE are confronted by very
suggestive query, as well as one of
momentous import. Truly, does it pay
to leave the quiet of our homes for the
purpose of promoting the stability of
another organization, or as some may
more reverently say, to devise means
of honoring our God more perfectly in
the Sunday school cause? Does it paw
to appropriate time, labor and money
to maintain our township, county and
state conventions? Does it pay to
spend time and money in gathering
and publishing reports and statistics of
the Sunday school work, considering
the fact, that less than twenty-five per
cent. of such literature is read. and
probably one half of that very indjffer-
emily? Does it pay to send represen-
tatives from all over the world to
or Chicago for consultation
as to the best means of carrying on the
school work? Does it pay
you, my friends, to deprive yourselves
Of rest and social enjoyment, in order
that you may prepare your Sunday
school lesson? Do you expect
any material remuneration? Will it
ever pay? God is our witness today
hat no. better appropriation of our
lime, money, strength and influence |
AN be made, than that of instructing |
children in the ways of right. VIII we |
lccept as an established fact, that |
whenever we displace evil with good,
eel a spirit of justification and have
iod's promise on our side,
We are in paying business?
Do we not think that when that i'm
Mortal body shall be ours, when we
eed no longer suffer the affections
ocular TO this world, will we not then
e amply rewarded for all this work.
may not be ours to train up a great
,w giver, prophet or military chief
ain like Moses, but it may be that we
an sever the band that holds some
recious soul in the bondage of sin;
nd if we can thus bear away some
olden Sheaf in triumph, we may do so
18th rejoicing, since that soul is not to
3 compared to the value of the whole
orld. If parents would seek more
Ultimately the acquaintance of children
nd do their duty in praying with and
It them, and explaining to them such
lings as their limited conceptions
'uld grasp, and live Christian lives,
am sure that they would not stare {
I'd doubt Sc much when the little .
lmuels answer, Here am ]" Jesus
essed little children that were
ought to him. Let us not labor in
g vineyard of the Lord wholly for
esent remuneration. Thank God
at though this life affords Us much
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30
Genaral Master WORKMAN Powderly

General Master Workman Powderly
does not mince matters in dealing with
the violent, anarchistic elements in
this country. Referring to certain
members CT the Knights of Labor he
said to a New York Times reporter:
Il intend to do all l can to purge the
order of this violent element. These
men cannot remain with us any longer.
The authorities have been too lenient
with them. l hold that when such
man as Johann Most delivers infam-
matory utterances against life, liberty
and property, encourages bloodshed,
and exhorts people to follow the red
handed example of the seven Chicago
murderers, he ought to be put in prison
and kept there. We should not wait
for some overt act of wickedness; his
declarations are enough" The respec-
table, orderly people of this country
will sympathize with Mr.. Powderly in
that part of his work.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30

Governor Gordon, of Georgia. a
former United States senator, on the
proposition to return southern flags.
says: when the proposition first
reached me regarded it as additional
evidence of restored concord and fra
ternal sentiment. AS such my heart
responded most warmly to the move
ment, but as portion of the northern
press and people seek to make it the
occasion for renewed estrangement
and bitterness, would prefer to leave
the flags where they are. 1 speak as
an individual and ex-soldier, not as
governor, and without consultation.
but believe this will be found to be
the sense and sentiment of the south
ern people. We are weary of strife
and hate. We want peace and good
will, and prefer these to return of
even so cherished relics, if their return
is to be made at such cost"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-30

railroad ex.Mtion reason, the Journal
says: ''Thc railroads running east
from Chicag have increased their rate
40 per cent on live cattle and so per
cent on dressed beef, making it cost
the producer from SIPS to $3.50 per
head. This increase is unjust and I'M
reasonable, and though the medium of
the interstate commerce commission
we hope this extortion will som be
stopped
In simplifying its ninth reason the
Journal makes the bold declaration that
the oleomargarine bill took not less
than from 81 to $3.50 from the worth
per head of each steer, making the
enormous aggregate of S15,OOO,0Oo, all
of which comes directly from thepro-
fits of the cattle raisers.
With all these hardships and depres-
sions, therefore, it would naturally
seem that the cattlemen had about all
they could bear, but the Journal says
that there is yet very heavy load be-
hind, gigantic monopoly called 1.-The
Cattle Trust Company" organized
with so-called capital of S25, O0O, 900,
the principal workers in it being "a
few cattle men and a dressed beef ship
per who wanted to dispose of their
overstocked ranges and expensive
dressed beef plant and fixtures at good
prices" In order to get these good
prices the owners of the ranges have
been TUNED into this trust company
where they can draw big salaries for
trying to induce other cattle men to
join the great scheme by turning over
their herds and taking trust certifi-
Gates at % per cent of their so-called
par value in payment therefor"
This cattle question is so important
and is being looked into and discussed
so generally throughout the west, that
we quote the Journal in full on this
trust company and its actual and prob
able workings. 1t says:
This great "Trust" company is 60
ing to revolutioniZe the cattle trade of
the country and relieve cattlemen of all
their troubles, and cause cattle to
again sell as high as they did in 1882
and 1888.
Now see how they are doing it.
Since the benevolent society was orga-
nized the price of beef cattle in this
market has declined 80 cents per 100,
equal to So per steer.
Their Chicago representative opened
the campaign on the 26th of this month
by selling at auction in Boston two
cars of choice heavy beef at an average
of about cents per pound, being from
l cent to II cents lower than the price
of beef in Boston that day if sold in the
customary way. 1t is supposed that
this shrewd representative will follow
this course in other eastern cities and
towns. AT these prices we would not
want any Of those trust" certificates
even at the prices at which they are
being issued, namely: $400 in certifi-
Gates for 800 in value. No doubt all
the cattlemen of the country will be
solicited to turn over their herds to
this trust"
We would advise them before doing
so, however, to carefully consider the
matter and decide whether a gigantic
trust" company can handle their bus
mess better for them than they can
handle it for themselves.
We think better times for cattlemen
are not far distant, and that all those
who keep their herds under their own
control will be in prosperous condi-
ton in the near future, is our firm
belief